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THAT BIG FEE
That the Dispensary Commission
Was To Pay
- T
HAS SWUNK AWFULLY
Like the Darkies' Catfish-Col.
Stevenson Sets Forth the Facts s
Concerning the Share Going to o:
Gen. Anderson, Col. Felder, Major
Rountree and Capt. Wilson.
The following letter explains
h
itself:
The Atlanta Constitution:
I notice that in an article in your
paper of Thursday last you state e
the following: "From reliable p
sources it has been learned that the a
Atlanta law firm of Anderson, Feld
er, Rountree & Wilson will receive 1
between $150,000 and $200.000 as e
their fee for their services in win
ning the famous South Carolina dis
pensary case recently decided in fav
or of their clients, and involving n
about a million dollars in cash on r
hand, and between two millions and i
three millions in claims. This will
no doubt be the record fee in the
South.
"When this firm was employed in I
the case, it is understood they were 4
given a cash retainer fee of $100,
000 and made a contract for a com
mission of so much on the sums t
recovered."
This statement is entirely mislead
ing and puts the commission in
South Carolina in an improper at
titude. If it merely concerned my
self I should pass it by, but it mis- f
leads the public, many of whom take
your paper in South Carol* -a, and
is largely untrue notwithstanding
the source of your information may c
be reliable.
In the first place, the fund in
voled was only $600.000, the en
tire claims being asserted in that I
litigation against the fund being
only $250,000 instead of $3,000,000. i
In the next place, no retainer fee
was paid the Atlanta firm at all.
but they simply were given the con- 1
tract at their own solicitation, to be
paid 10 per cent of the amount
which they might reduce the claims I
by evidence which they would furn- i
ish a. their own expense. The total
amount of claims originally being
$600,000 and the possibility of re
duction, therefore, not being over
$600,000 and if the claims had been
entirely eliminated, their fee for
that branch of service could only be
$60,000. As a matter of tact. claims
have been reduced thus far some
thing like $100,000, which, on that
branch of the case, would entitle the
Atlanta firm to a fee of $20,000.
In addition to that they were to have
50 per cent of what they received
back of money that had been paid
sway illegally and lost, they to bear
all of the expense and the commis
sion to have absolutely no expense
with regard to this.
Up to this time nothing has been
recovered back, but I will say that
these gentlemen have been very ac
tive and spent a lot of money and
I am very much pleased with their
work in that line and believe that
they will receive a very considerable
amount of money in the long run,
but you will see from this state
ment that the commission was done
a great injustice in stating that they
had been paid $100,000 retainer fee
and that the fees would probably
run np another $100,000 to these
gentlemen, but I am sure from my
very pleasant association and con
nection with them, that they could
not have been consulted before you
made the statement. In addition to
that my private affairs and those of
Col. Abney seem to have been in
vaded in that you state that I, ast
general counsel for the commission,
receive a stated sum fc.z my servic
es. That is only partially true, for:
litigation I r'eceive the usual fee,
for advising the commission I re
ceive a contract price.
You say further of these gentle-f
men "by winning this case the At- 1
lanta firm has won one of the most
sweeping victories ever announced e
from the supreme court of the Unit
ed States.
When you reflect that the Atlan- s
ta firm were not employed by they
commission even to assist in the a
proceeding in the United States su
preme court but appeared for the
reason that they had a personal in
terest in the matter because if the
courts retained jurisdiction they
would be unable to carry out their
contract so as to earn any consid
erable commission, you will see that
you have done the other attorneys an a
injustice in the matter. The fact e
is, that the firm of Stevenson & Mat- n
thewson, and the firm of Abney & c
Muller were the representatives of h
the commissionk and 'the Atlanta nr
firm represented their own interests ei
which was entirely contingent in the p:
matter and the litigation was so far t<
controlled by the attorney general na
and the two, iirms named, that, al- al
though Mr. Rountree of the Atlanta b1
firm insisted strenuously in prepar- h<
ing the petition for certiorari that w
the very question upon which the w
State has won should not be set
forth in the assignments of erorr,
and came to Columbia for the pur
pose of taking up the matter with
us, he was there overruled by us,T
so you will see that the Atlanta firm
is not entitled to the sole credit of
the victory as it was one In the
face of the position taken by the w.
firm that the very Question on which su
it was won should not be raised in F:
the certiorari proceedings. The At- wi
lanta firm filed a brief, and we were Vi
glad to have them do so. They fo:
had a personal interest to be con- ho
sulted in the matter, but the case ne
was argued by Mr. Abney, who open- ed
ed, and by myself, who closed. Mr. mi
Rountree was not even to appear he
in the argument, but the court hay- -
ing granted thirty minutes additional do:
time, he was given that time to make of
an oral argument, which came in or(
the midst of the arguments for the an<
attorneys for the other side. art
It is disagreeable to go into the ]
papers about these matters, but the as
rank misstatements which have been anm
given wide currency in South Caro- an(
lina and which is ca -ing criticism
MUST SERVE TIME
THE PENITENTIARY FOR IS
KILLING SON-IN-LAW.
lie State Supreme Court Has so 31
Decided in the Case of S. W.
Stockman.
Among the cases recently decided
the supreme court was that of gi
W. Stockman. who was convicted d:
the killing of his son-in-law. C
ampton J. Hartley, during Christ
as, 1905, in Lexington county, says a
'a
te Columbia Record.
Stockman will now have to serve h
is sentence of sr-ven years in the
-ate penitentiary, the supreme court
a Friday having affirmed the de
sion of the lower court. This
ise has attracted more attention e
ossibly in Lexington county than ri
ny case in recent years.
Hamp Hartley was one of the
rgest d-ealers in turpentine in the
>unty, and by hard work and close
-onomy had secured a goodly por
on of this world's goods. le mar
ied the oldest daughter of Stock
ian, who is a well-to-do farmer and t]
rominent in the community. He t4
; a member of the wealthy Stock
ian family of Newberry county. 0
On the night of the tragedy. Hart- h
?y went to the home of Stockman. 0
[e was under the influence of whis- ,
ey, it was alleged, and a general 0
ow arose. At the trial the defense
ried to make it appear that Hartley a
ad attempted to insul his sister-in
aw, Miss Stockman, and that the r
illing was the direct result of this. .
But from the testimony of the j
tate's witnesses. it was shown that y
tockman was himself under the in- t
uence of whiskey, as was a man by
he name of Taylor. who was a guest
t the Stockman home.
Taylor has since been killed by his
wn son at his home in Saluda coun
y. The first time the case wa-s call
d, the jury failed to agree. At the
econd trial Stockman was convicted
>f manslaughter and sentenced by
rudge Dantzler to serve seven years
n the penitentiary. '
Stockman is nearing the 60 mile t
)ost and is said to be in failing 3
iealth. It is not known when he I
vill begin his sentence, but it is
upposed that he will make prepara- i
ions to leave home within the next I
ew days.
LOUSANDS OF PRESCRIPTIONS. t
)octors Making Money Which Went
to Saloonmen.
The anti-saloon people of Morgan
own. W. Va., were given a rude t
hock this week when District At
orney Boyd declared in open court
hat he is going. to begin prosecution
igainst the leading physicians of the
~ommunity. He had evidence to
how that one doctor issued 10,000
prescriptions for liquor during the I
ast year. An effort will be made I
:o include druggists in the prose
:tion.
Counting Sundays the number of
whiskey prescriptions written by this
ne physician reaches 27 a day. The
:ustomary price that is paid for
:Lese prescriptions is $1 each, so that
:he physician made $10,000 a year.
while the druggist probably made
alf of that amount. Similar con
litions are said to exist all through
he "dry"' districts of West Vir
~inia and Ohio.
THE WAGES OF SIN.
'Game of Cards Caused Murder
and Suicide.
At Chicago Joseph Heck, a roomer
or twenty years at the home of H. 3
~esterman, was shot to death early C
his morning by Hesterman, who a
noment later committed suicide. 1
The men were the best of friends. I
iad been playing cards and the quar
el arose, it is 'supposed, over the
~ame. Hesterman, who wvas 61 ~
ears old, secured a revolver and
ired a sltot which penetrated his own
Lead, causing instant death.
Peter Hesterman, son of the sui
ide, was awakened by the shooting
nd running <to ithe room. foundF
oth men dead. The cards were
cattered around the table. The C
oung man declared he heard no C
rgument. C
BLACK HAND SOCIETY
harged With Assassination of G
Florida Man.H
L
The assassination of Ginseppe Fic- LA
rrota, a wholesale grocery mer- O
bant' and orw of the most prt ni
ent and weal by members of the lo- S
il Italian colony of Tampa, Fla..
as added the third to a series of
turders here which have been charg
i to the black hand during the
resent year. Ficarotta was going
Shis home from his place of busi
ss at a late hour Monday night F.
id was shot by *wo men from am
sh with shotaans loaded with
savy slugs. He was instantly killed
eapons and fled.
eapons fled.
at
MURDER OF MOTHER ~ an
ly
Charged Against a Young Man wI
at Erie, Pa. fr<
At Erie, Pa., Delmar J. Young se
is arrested Monday on a warrant t
'orn out by County Detective
ank H. Watson. charging him
th the murder of his mother. Mrs.
nnie Young. whose dead body was at
nd in her cellar last Wednesday.
rribly mutilated and hidden be- th4
ath a pile of old carpet. He enter- th;
a plea of not guilty and was corn-fi
ted to jail without bail for a kit
aring next Thursday. an
in
ng so. and I am sending a copw
this to the Columbia Daily Re
wlw:ch pubiil'ed your editoria| (
I commented on it in two column on
icde- cou:
lease insert this as conspicuously for:
you did the article referred to boa
I send me a copy of the p)aper, cha
l greatly oblige, pul
Yours most truly, cid4
CUDHAY COMPANY
('iARIGE'D WITi[ VIOLATING
REVEN 'E LAW.
(alt Packing Concern Accused of
Coloring Oleomargarine and Sell
ing it Under Law Tax.
At Topeka. Kansas. the Federal
and jury returned indictments Fri
ty against the Cudahy Packing
>mpany, of Kansas City, Kansas.
S7:37 counts for defrauding the
>vernnient out of $80,000 for vio
tions of the internal revenue laws.
The charge is that the company
Ld defrauded the Government of
er $80,000 in revenue on oleom
-gerine. The maximum fine on
ch of the counts is $1,000.
The revenue law provides that
ich pound of uncolored eleomarge
ne must bear a revenue stamp of
quarter of a cent, but that each
)und, to which coloring matter has
e(n added to give it th" appearance
butter. a 10-cent revenue stamp
-ust he attached.
The indictments charge that the
udhay Packing Company has sold
ie colored product under the quar
'r of a cent tax.
It is claimed by the Government
Ticials that the Cudhay Company
as succeeded in monopolizing the
Lemargerine market by selling the
)lored prodnet and paying the tax
n the basis of uncolored.
District Attorney Rone will bring
civil action in the Federal Court
,zainst the company to have the
lant and machinery used in the
ianufacture of oleomargarine con
scated. The oleomargarine man
facturing plant is connected with
ae Cudahy Packing Establishment
i Kansas City, Kansas. *
HUGE EGG OMLET.
sig Mass of Cooked Hen Fruit
Stops Train.
A dispatch from Yorktown, Pa.,
D the Philadelphia North American
ays: Railroad traffic through this
own was delayed for seven hours
esterday by a huge omlet, which
locked the tracks.
The omlet was caused by a fire.
everal hundred thousand eggs had
een stored in a refigerating plant
n the main line. The building
aught fire and early in the blaze
he floors gave way, dropping all
he eggs to the ground floor and
>reaking all of them.
The intense heat caused them to
well, and as the omlet grew it push
d its way u1pon the tracks. For a
ull hundred feet on both sides of
he burning structure this gigantic
imlet filled the right of way.
At first it might have been pos
ible to push a locomotive through
be mass, since the omlet was very
ight and frothy. But by the time
he fire was extinguished the omlet
iad become sad and dropped into a
eavy, solid mass, which was as
ough as a rarebit.
A wrecking crew was sent for.
:hains w'ere atached to one end of
he mass and a locomotive got into
ction. The omlet was rolled up and
hoved to the side of the tracks. *
SALES SHOW FALLING OFF~.
)ispensary Auditor's Report for
March Made Public.
Dispensary Auditor West's report
or the month of March, made public
Thursday, shows total sales of $2 63,
05.23 as against $296,587.00 for
larch of last year.
At that time Colleton, Chester and
.urens counties were "wet," their
larch sales amounting to $29,322.
7. So the gross sales for this
arch are off only about $4,000 as
ompared with the same month last
ear. For March, 1909, Charleston
ads with sales of $6,110.60, Rich
ind coming next with $40,974.60;
iken $26,699.30.
Following is Mr. West's statement
f sales:
1909. Sales.
.bbeville .... .......$ 11,389.65
iken.. ......... ...26.699.33
eaufort .. ...........9,71.35
amberg .... .... ....7,422.22
arweli........ .....12,099.00
erkley.. .... ......5,685.35
olleton .. ............6,025.65
alhoun.. .... .......3,948.69
harleton. .. .. .. .... 46,110.90
orchester ...... ....5,474.65
aireld .... .. ........5832.37
ornce .... .........11445.28
ershaw .... .... . 67.
eorgetown .... ......10,132.60
amton .............4,693.65
ee .... ..........6,540.57
xington .... .... ....5,632.96
rangeburg .... ......15,372,46
ichand ............40,974.60
imter.. ..........15,395.95
'illiasburg .. ........6,269.42
Total .... .......$263,605.231
J)EFIEI) OFFICERS. 1
trmer Got Drunk and Terrorized
the Town.
Louis Truhn, a Berrien county,
ch., farmer, after drinking heavily
nday night, dynamited a building,
tempted to stab his father-in-law
d four other members of his fami
:barricaded himself in his home.
Lere he had stored dynamite and
n powder, and defied the posse
>m which he had escaped. After
*eral hours. Sheriff Johnson cap.
-ed Truhn and took him to jail.
Kenilworth Inn Burned.
Fire of unknown origin broke out
haf-past two o'clock Tuesday
rning at *Knilworth Inn, one of f
best known hotels in the South. r<
Ce miles from Ashev'ille. The :
is alleged to have started in the o:
chen. The guests were roused. F
ias far as is known all succeeded p<
making their escape. i
di
Killed Himself. fil
)n the eve of his second trial i
the charge of embezzling Broome
nty funds, Arthur W. T. Black.
rer clerk of the Broome county
rd of supervisors, and form-er aJ
irman of the Broome county Re- of
lican committee, committed- sul- Y
by shooting himself through the as
TARIFF FIGHT
iow On In Real Dead Earnest In
The Senate
ROUSE VOTE MERELY
Voiced the Sentiments of the Dif
ferent Sections-Senator Smith
Gives His Views on the Meaning
of the Democratic Platform on
the Tariff Question.
The Washington correspondent of
the Columbia Record says all inter
est in the tariff bill has now shifted
to the senate, where it was known all
along the "Payne act" would in
reality be drafted. The votes in
the house on the variouk schedules
have merely given voice to the senti
ments of the sections represented.
but in the senate each vote will leave
its mark in the final reading of the
bill when it goes to the president
for his signature. The significance
of these senate votes Is underscored
by the fact that the president has
made it clear that he has no idea
of vetoing the Payne bill., whether
its real author be Mr. Payne or Sen
ator Aldrich.
Aside from the general interest
the ultimate consumer has in the
prices of all articles he consumes,
the only paragraphs that are of any
immediate interest to South Caroli
na, now that the duty on fertilizing
salts has been dropped out, are those
relating to sea island, or long staple
cotton and to lumber. The Payne
bill, as It passed the house, fixes
a duty of half a cent a cubic foot
on hewn sided or squared timber, of
50 cents a thousand on sawed boards
and $1 a thousand on sawed lumber
not specifically mentionea. Cotton
and cotton waste are left on the free
list.
Democratic senators are planning
a fight to put a duty on both these
articles, though Senator E. D. Smith
is emphatic in his statement that he
will not lend his support to any
measure that means protection even
for local industries. He will vote for
duties on lumber and sea island
cotton, but only. a duty fixed at a
revenue basis. Both these articles,
he said, ought to pay their share to
ward the support of the government,
but there is no reason, in his opinion,
for taxing the whole mass of con
sumers to benefit the comparatively
small number of people owning the
timber supply or raising sea island
cotton. It is a question of the great
est good to the greatest number, he
said, and that, translated into prac
tice, means a government supported
economically with taxes equaly and
equitably levied upon all classes and
sections.
As to the exact rate of duty this
equal distribution of the burden of
taxation would imply for lumber or
sea island cotton, Senator Smith is
not yet quite ready to say, though
he is going through the imports, ex
ports and statistics of production of
both products to ascertain a rate
satisfying his mind as fair. The $1
a thousand on lumber carried in the
Payne bill, he said, might prove fair
on Investigation the figures might
show that the industry could carry
protection of $2 a thousand, and the
same thing is true of his attitude
on cotton.
The Democratic platform does not
in Senator Smith's opinion, forbId
a Democrat's Imposing a revenue
tariff upon lumber. His Interpreta
tion of the Denver document is that
the present duties on 'lumber and
its products must be reduced to a
fair basis of taxation. "I haven't
any idea the Democratic convention
meant to say that lumber should be
absolutely free of duty," he said.
"but simply that it should come down
froms its present exorbitant taxa
tion.
The paragraph in the Democratic
platform to which the senator re
ferred reads:
"We demand the Immediate re
;''a of the tardft on wood pulp, p':j'
paper, lumber. timber' :and iogs, and
that these articles be. placed P-on
the free list."
The plan of the DemocratIc sena
tors in general is one desirnud to
harmonize the conflicting elements
of the party with a view to present
ing a solid front in the coming fight.
They intend to bring in senators
from those States interested in a
duty on lumber and those interested
in a duty on hides by imposing rev
nue duty on both of these articles,
and in this way they hope to avoid
-he desertions from the party that
rade the Democratic fight against
the Payne bill so pitiable in the
house. Prohibitory duties wil be
brought down to a revenue basis,
if the Democratic plan carries
:hrough and free list will be moved
2p bodily to a revenue basis.
The central idea in this plan is
:o give to individual senators their
ndividual demands and yet preserve I
he seeming of a broad principle--a
ariff for revenue only. And in
oting this revenue duty, senators a
rom lumber States will be voting at
rotection to lumber and senators
rom cattle States will be voting pro
ection to hides. The same thing
.ill be true of sea island cotton.
JUMPED TO HER DEATH
'rom a Ninth Story Window in New r
s
York City.
In New York City Mrs. Anita D.
[amilton, said to be the wife of a
tired capitalist, committed suicide S
[onday by leaping from the window e
[her ninth-story apartment on FB
ifty-eight street. According to the c<
lice, some mystery suurounds the tI
entity of her husband, whose name e
es not appear to be known in w
aancial circles. It is said that he. ul
traveling in the South.
Petrosino Honored.
New York paid its tribute of grief a
Ld respect Monday to the memory m
Lieut. Jos. Petrosino, of the New K
ark police department, who was e
sassinated recently while engaged m
secrt sevicein Ialy
)EATH OFMR.CAUSEY
N AN AUGUSTA HOSPITAL FROM
HIS WOUND.
fe Was Clerk of Court of Hiamp
ton County and Was Shot by a
Negro.
The Augusta Chronicle says Mr.
7W. B. Causey, Clerk of Court of
lampton County, died on Monday
Lfternoon a little before six o'clock
Lt the Margaret Wright hospital,
iaving been carried to Augusta the
lay after he was shot.
Mr. Causey was talking on Sat
srday last with a negro known as
Peg Leg" Hughes, on the streets
>f Hampton, when, without any
warning, the negro fired upon him
with a revolver. The bullet enter
ed the right side, passed through the
lower part of the right lung and
left the body in the back.
He was carried to Augusta by Dr.
J. L. Folk and Dr. J. B. Harvey.
both of Hampton. At 3:30 o'clock
Sunday afternoon an operation was
performed and Mr. Causey lay be
tween life and death until Monday
afternoon. The case seemed prac
tically hopeless from the first.
Mr. Causey's wife and his sister,
Mrs. Harvey, accompanied the party
to the city and remained at the hos
pital with him until his death.
In order to prevent a lynching the
negro was taken to Columbia from
Hampton county last Sunday night,
and lodged in the penitentiary.
Hughes Is accused of attempting
to assassinate Clerk of Court W.
B. Causey, and he also shot Jesse
Sheppard, who was with Mr. Causey
at the time. Hughes had recently
completed a sentence in the peniten
tiary for killing a negro. .
The negro secreted himself In a
ditch near where the shoting took
place. Hughes would have been
lynched had he not been hustled off
to Columbia.
CHARGED WITH LUNACY.
Bride of a Few Months Locked Up
In Savannah.
A dispatch from Savannah to the
Augusta Herald says Mrs. John
Artley, a pretty bride of three
months. and a sister of President
Harmes of Newberry college, -South
Carolina, is locked up in the county
jail on a lunacy charge. Her hus
band is John Artley, well known as
a member of the Savannah football
team, and of a well-to-do Savannah
family.
The young woman Is residing at
a local hotel and is ver: positive
she is not insane and has no inten
tion of suicide as alleged. She was
given the benefit of an investigation
by Judge McAlpin and was released,
but was again locked up. She was
told at the hotel that she should
walk out and take some exercise.
She complied and was led to the
county jail, where she was placed
behind the bars.
Mrs. Artley's marriage occurred in
January. Previously she was Miss
Lillie Harmes.
BURNED TO DEATH.
Six Men Lose Their Lives in a
Steamer Fire.
The Captain, which has just ar
rived at New Orleans, reports the
loss of six lives as a result of an
explosion on the Hamburg-American
saetmer Carnia, at Port Limon,
April 1.
The Sarnia, which plies between
New York and Central America
ports, was tied to a pier at Port Li
mon when the explosion occurred.
Several hundred cans of kerosene oil
were stored In the forward hold, and
It Is believed that a leak from one
of the cans caused the explosion.
Five negro laborers and a sailor .
on the Sarnia were burned to death
In the .hold. The flames were sub
dued before a great deal of damage
had been done to the steamer, but
a large portion of the cargo, prin
cipally cotton, was thrown overboard
and much of it lost.
AFTER MANY YEARS
The Supposed Murderer of a Woman
is Found.
From a family photograph of Ro
sie Tritt, who was murdered 32 years
ago at Terre Haute, Ind., Sylvanus
Burnham, wealthy white-haired Tex
as ranchman, banker and Sunday
school superintendent of Tulla, Tex.,
s now charged with the murder. A
arm hand who committed the deed
hrough jealousy a third of a cen
ury ago, is now declared to be
Burnham, who figures as a new Jean
'aljean.
Non Partizani Census.
It is stated that President Taft
ias directed Director North of the'
~ensis bureau f(o disregard party
ines in securing suitable men for
upervisors and other appointive
laces under the new census act, in
tructions, It is said, have reference
o the South.
Severe Earth Shock.
At Lima, Peru, a severe earth
hock was experienced at three
'clock Tuesday morning. The
iovement was from east to west,
nd was accompanied by subter
mean rumblings. No casualties re
lted.
D~ecember and May. t
S. L. Tutle, a well-to-do farmor of
akes county, N. C., aged 47, elop- l1
I with the 14-year-old daughter of c
.A. Tulp, a merchant of the same t.
unty. When the couple got off f
e train at Germantown they were t
et by the irate father of the bride, f
ho attacked Tuttle, beating him
imercifully.
Killed in Runaway.
Mrs. W. C. Langnau, the wife of
wealthy manufacturer and the S
other-in-law of former Mayor Mc- rt
:sson, of Cleveland, OhIo, was kill- d:
In a runaway accident Monday X9
arning. Several of her relatives pi
re in-jnred but none seriously. bi
THE TAX BILL
)ennonced by Governor Judson
Harmon of Ohio At
THE ANNUAL DINNER
Of the National Democratic Club in
New York, the Ohio Governor
Protests-Against the Present Tariff
Legislation, the Encroachment of,
the Federal Government.
Denunciation of the principle of
protection and of the tariff legisla
tion now pending in Congress as a
pretence and a sham, formed the
keynote of the addresses at the an
nual dinner of the National Demo
cratic Club at New York Tuesday
night, in celebration of the one hun
dred and sixty-sixth anniversary of
the birth of Thomas Jefferson.
A portrait of Jefferson hung over
with American flags, dominated the
guest table, at which Qovernors u
Harmon, of Ohio, and Marshall, of ir
Indiana; Senator Chamberlain, State n
Senator Grady; John Foy, the club's e
president; Richard Croker, Alton B
Parker, Charles F. Murphy, leader
of Tammany Hall, and former State
Supreme Court Judge Morgan J.
O'Brine and D. Cary Herrick sat. 0
Elsewhere at 6 longitudinal tables a
sat four hundred of the elect of the
Democratic party. 0
A protest against what he declared t
were growing encroachments of
special privilege at Washington, es
pecially as embodied In tariff legis
lation, was the keynote of the ad
dress of Governor Judson Harmon,
of Ohio. Asserting that the reduc- t
tions in the pending tariff bill would E
he but a mockery of the demand for C
relief. .Tudge Harmon declared that 0
real relief never would be secured
except under a Legislature and Ex- e
ecutive following Jeffersonian rules 1
and treating taxation as a means of
preventure and not of private gain.
The steady tendency since the civil
war has been to exalt the Federal
Government at the expense of the I
State. said the speaker, one result
being the neglect of economy and the
embarkation of the Government in
to extravagant enterprises. He in
stanced the action of the last Con
gress in appropriating two millions I
of dollars and the raising of salaries I
of officials in the face of a growing
shortage of revenue,. and con
tinned:
"Now instead of seeking methods
of retrenchment to meet a present
confessed deficlt, hf more than a
hundred millions, the President and
Congress are dev'islng additional tax
es to exact from the diminished
means of the people and proposing
to issue bonds besides. State of- I
ficials who would propose such a
course would not dare to go home to
their constituents and would be for
ever disgraoed if they should take 1
it .
"A fter twelve years of false pre
tences, at last confeWssed, which havec
bred and fattened countless monop
olies and trusts. It is proposed not
to shake off their grip, but just to
loosen it a trifle here and there soe
the people may not be utterly de
youred."t
Of the way the party lines havee
been obliterated In the fight In Con- v
gress over the tariff Judge Harmon
said: 3
"It is hardly fair for Republicans,u
at least, to charge with Inconsistency s
Democratic Congressmen who take a '
hand in this selfish scramble. In d
the last campaign the Republican I
candidate for President, openly of- n
fered a share of tariff spoil for e
Democratic votes. When special fa- t:
vors are the order of the day, it is s:
natural for a Representative to think t
he ought to secure a share for in- L
terests at home. To do otherwise tl
requires high courage, and we are
proud of the many who show It in E
the face of the demoralization which cj
legislating for private instead of n'
public interest always produces." f(
Judge Harmon attacked the policy t1
of spending hundreds of millions of ti
dollars for a canal at Panama on i
the part of what he said was a coun- E
try practically without ships, taxed pl
against the possibility of buying any, ti
and yith the only proposed means T
of encouraging shipping, the pay- T:
ment of direct subsidies to a favored tl
few out of money raised by taxes on Ir
all the people. The speaker added: sy
"And why tax the people to build It
a costly canal and secure ships for ai
foreign commerce. while a tariff di
system is maintained whose purpose gi
and effect are to discourage or kill at
foreign commerce, except such as to
consists in selling our products th
abroad at less prices than are impos- st
ed on our own people. What State he
Governme~nt ever committed such th
folly?" th
an
FIGHT FOR FREE POTASH. mi
su
[ot of Advertising Has Been Given
to it Gratis.
Bditor The Daily Record: M
All the talk about the victory of
3 certain congressman from South
larolina concerning potash in the
ariff bill is not true and not fair.
['he congressman and certain Co
umbia parties kept the wires hotfo
tout the wonderful fight they were at
naking, when, as a matter of fact, .
ertilizer people in Europe, Charles- stc
on, Savannah, Wilmington andth
tichmond were communicating with
ongress about the matter and the kei
tepuls>ican leaders had given as- a
urances that the item would be thr
aken out of the bill. I happenedfi
Sbe in Washington at the time and I
now that two other South Carolina I
ngressmen had worked on the mat- ln
r and had it practically settled be
>re the wires were made hot be
teen Washington and Columbia
>r advertising purposes.
FAIRPLAY. con
Richmond, Va., April 14. ' wa~
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Youthful Murderer. a fi
At Winstom-Salem. N. C., Marion
elton. age 16, made a sneering
mark Tuesday about some mules S
~iven by Oscar Woolwine, age 18. autl
hen the latter resented the as- urg.
~rsions cast upon his long eared ety
asseltonm shot and killed him. .van
ES, from their most health
roperties, give ROYAL its
e and principal ingredient
17 Pwoder
AkdTr
late~rirn' .0
;e Royal Baking Powder
d money.
od -is required no other
ming agent can take the
of Royal Baking Powder.
VERY SAD DEATH.
Young Business Man Dies From
Blood Poisoning.
A special from Abbeville to The
News and Courier says Mr. C. C.
*Nabers, a young business man of
that city, died at his residence today
as the result of an injury received
a few days ago. Mr. Nabers ran a
large bottling plant in the city, sup
plying many adjoining towns with
bottled coco-cola and other soft
drinks. A few days ago he started
out on one of his wagons 'oaded with
the cases of bottled beverages. In
turning the wagon in some- way It
was overturned. The horses became
frightened, and in attempting to stop
them, Mr. Nabers becanie -entangled
in the running gear of the wagoni
and was dragged for a considerable.
distance, sustaining severe Injuries.
The flesh on one arm at the elbow
was scraped off to the bone.: in its
contact with the ground. His face
was badly lacerated, and there was
evidence of Internal injuries. How
ever, not thinking that he was seri
ously injured he did not consult a -
L physician Immediately. On the fol
lowing day a hpysician was called,
. and It was found that he was suffer
. ing from blood poisoning as' a r'e
sult of his wounds. For the last few
days he has suffered great agony.
Mr. Nabers came here from Elber
ton. By strict attention to buinesis
he had made a good start in life.
He was married and Is survived- by
7 a young wife and two small children,
besides his parents and several broth
ers and sisters -in Elberton. His
death is a source of .deep regret to
his many friends In this place.
BUYING CONGAREE VALLEY.
The Santee River Lumber Mml
Reaching Out.
Santee River Sypress Lumber Comn
pany has a corps of surveyors at
work surveying the entire valley of
the Congaree river, and It Is said
that the purpose of this work -looks
to the acquirement by this company
of all, or most, of .the timber con
tiguous to the Congaree river.
This company now owns over 200,
S000 acres of land, and offers are now
pending which may result in greatly
enlarging this territory. When It
is considered that this acreage is
largely in excess of the constitution
al requirement for the creation of
a county, iits magnitude can be ap
preciated.
The interest of the city of Colum
bia is involved to an extent in the
growth of this great lumbering cor
poration, because its advance Into
the Congaree valley just below Co-.
lumbia -may sound the death knell
of the hopes of the Capital City for
-the establishment of spoke, handle
and veneering works, which other
wise would locate at Columbia and
utilize the Immense grcowth of hard
wood timber near at hand.
It does seem that It would be a
reproach to the business enterprise
and sagacity of Columbia to permit
timber standing within sight of the.
capitol's dome to be transported toe
Berkeley county to be manufactured
into lumber, and the profits go to a
corporation which does not even held
its charter under the laws of our
State and whose -principal or sole
owner is a resident of Chicago.
Game of Bluff.
Servia has just had a humiliating
experience in being compelled to
acquiesce in the annexation of Bposi
na and Herzegovina by Austria.
When Austria first made Its inten
tion known Servia called out her
troops, protested against the annexa
tion and threatened war. Of course
a small kingdom like Servia, un
assisted by a larger power would
have not the slightest chance against
the dual monarchy. This was so
obvious that it was generally felt
that some nation, presumably Rus
sia, was backing her. There Is no
doubt that Russia and Austria are
jealous of each other and sooner
or later they will probably engage
in confiict for supremacy in the near
east. -But Russia Is not at present
in any condition for war and If she
encouraged Servia to protest and
threaten against Austria it must
have been a game of bluff which
did not succeed, and now Servia
knows the humiliation of defeat and
the bitterness of relying upon a pro
fessed friend that does not 'make
good.
Whole Family at One Birth.
The wife of a farmer named
Turier, residing near the Forsyth
county, N. C., line, has given birth
to five healthy children, three boys
and two girls. The weights of the
children range from four to six
pounds. All of them are living and
thriving and the mother is doing
nicely. The birth rate in this family
eretofore has been normal A let
:er says the quintetts' birth has cre
ted considerable interest through
yut that section. People from all
irections are journeying to Rock
ngham to see this wonderful thing.
Prominent Artist a Suicide.
Ill health led John Wolst, former
y a prosperous New York artist,
o commit suicide by poison at Los
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WORKERS' PENSIONS.
hat the Printers Are Doing Along
This Line.
The International Typographical
nion has ever been found foremost
the advocacy and introduction of
easures for the benefit of the toil
. In many fields of innovation il
as taken the first step. This i
'ue of its determination to provid(
y a system of assessment among its
wn membership pensions for thi
ged and dependents of its ranks
'he experiment-for it Is looked up
n as such by those who are ii
Duch with the trade union move
ent-is the object of deep Interes
n the part of all labor leaders. I:
proves a success the example wil
e followed undoubtedly by othe:
.ternational organizations. A sys
m of pensioning worthy member
ay become at no far distant da:
ne of the most important feature!
f the labor movement In this coun
y. It all depends upon the out
ome of the efforts of the Typograph
al union.
So important is this matter tha
tate Commissioner of Labor Johi
illiams of New York State devote<
onsiderable space to It in his bul
tion of labor statistics. Commis
ioner Williams remarks:
"The progress of this effort of thi
*ssociated journeymen printers wil
e viewed with Interest by nationa
nions of other trades, and if thi
ian is successful the movement ti
rovide a stipulated allowance fo
embers in their declining yearE
hus obviating the dread of penury
'ill doubtless become general amonj
issociations of labor in the Unite<
tates."
The experiment has been in oper
tion for eight months, and ther,
re 476 pensioners on the rolls
uring the eight months $120,224.
6 was collected and ' $19,193.0:
id in pensions.
An analysis of the age of the pen
oners develops the notable fact tha
B80, or 58.8 per cent of them, ar<
tween sixty and seventy years; 17:
r 36 per cent are septuagenarians
nd twenty-one, or 5 per cent, ar<
tegenarians, while one is a non
enarian. The latter memberi
Tiliated with "Big Six" of Nes
~ork city. In spite of his years h
n still write a firm hand and thu:
pressed his appreciation In a let
r written to the clerk of the ben
fit board: "On the 1st day of No
mber next (1908), God willing,
all then enter my ninety-fourtl
ar and my seventy-third as a typ<
ionist, forty-two of which I havy
ent as a member of New Yorl
'pographical unnion--'Big Six.'
em it an honor and a great bless,
g that the officials of the Inter
ttional Typographical union deem.
d me worthy of being placed upoi
e pension fund." Among the pen
:oers is one woman who Is sixty
.o years old and who has been
ember of typographical unions for
~irty-two consecutive years.
While the Amalgamated Society ol
gineers and the Amalgamated So.
ety of Carpenters and Joiners, both
ith headquarters In England, have
r a long period paid pensions' to
ieir old members, "the first distinc
ely American trade organization,"
the language of Commissioner
illiams, to inaugurate an old age
~nsion for its members is the In
~rnational Typographical union.
e enterprise is a worthy one.
bere is nothing so commendable as
care of the infirm and the aged.
European countries the pension
stem has proved of great benefit.
is a species of Insurance to a man
~ainst want and absolute depen
ncy in his declining years. It
yes the vigorous and the healthy
i the prosperous an opportunity
set aside for themselves a fund
t will aid them on the final
retch of life's span when they will
e possibly neither the ability nor
opportunity of providing for
mselves. It is a worthy cause.
the Typographical union should
et with the greatest measure of
cess in its efforts.
STOOD LONG FOR LAND.
y U. S. Farmers Have Become
Canadian Homesteaders.
The Canadian land office at Ed
nton, Alberta, opened last week
the distribution of 464 home-j
ads, some of the land being valued
$20 to $30 an acre at present
es. Some of the home seekers
d outside the office door for
e days and nights' in order to
p their places in the line and get
ik of tihe land. A Galician and
c half-breed Frenchmen had the
tfour selectiors.
any of them were Americans.
fact, Western Canada is being.
ded with men from South of the
Hits Him Hard.
Lt Atlanta, Ga., C. M. Callaway,
icted of running a blind tiger,
Monday sentenced to twelve
iths on the chain gang or to pay
ne of $1,000.
Sobriety for New Officers.
enator Johnson, of South Dakota,
ior of the anti-canteen bill, is
g President Taft to make sobri- jI
ne of the requirements for ad-t